Cover for ironing-boards



(No Model.)

M. S. BVERETT.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

N0. 484,951* Patented Oct. 25, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT MARY S. EVERETT, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

COVER FOR IRONING-BOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,951, dated October 25, 1892. Application tiled May 2, 1892. Serial No. 431,553. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY S. EVERETT, acitizen of the United States, and a vresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Covers for Ironing- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvement-s in covers forironing-boards; and it consists of a cover adapted for boards varying in size and carrying with it means by which it may be quickly applied and effectually secured to the board in a manner which will leave the ironing-surface perfectly smooth.

The object of the invention is to provide a cover ready for immediate and convenient application to the board and adapted for the varying widths and lengths 0f the ironingboards customarily used.

In accordance with my invention l provide a cover of sufficient extent to entirely inclose the obverse face of vthe board and pass over upon the reverse face of same, and within a continuous pocket along the edges of said cover I arrange cord, which, upon being drawn and then tied, will stretch and secure thecover upon the board, as hereinafter more fully explained with reference to the accompanyiug drawings, in whichd Figure 1 is a plan view of the reverse side of au ironing-board provid ed with acover embodying the invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of same on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a plan view of the reverse side of the board, the board and cover being indicated by broken lines and the securing-cord by solid lines.

In the drawings, A designates the board, B the cover therefor, and O the cord by which the cover may be drawn tightly on the board and there secured. The board A is of the usual elongated form, wider at one end than at the other, and the cover B, composed of any fabric suitable for the purpose, will be of sufficient size to fully in close the obverse face of the board and afford an overlapping portion D, extending entirely around and upon the reverse face of same. The edges E of the cover B are provided with the continuous pocket F, in which is arranged the cord C, the latter being free in the pocket and capable of being drawn in either direction therein. The opposite edges of the cover B are furnished with the corresponding eyes or eyelets, (lettered d b c dand a h c d) which receive the exposed portion of the cord and permit the lacing of the same across the space between said edges for the purpose of drawing the latter firmly toward each other.

The arrangement of the cord C is clearly disclosed in Figs. l and 3, in which it will be noted that the cord passes entirely around the edges of the cover, the two sections of the cord at one end of the board passing each other and extending from the pocket F through Openings e e in opposite edges thereof. After leaving the openings e e the sections of the cord C are laced through the eyelets above referred to and their extremities thereafter brought together and tied, as at f. The section of the cord leaving the opening e at one edge of the cover is carried across to the opposite edge thereof and passed upward through the eyelet a. Then after theloop m is left the said section of the cord is passed downward through the eyelet b and across to and through the eyelet c, and thence to and through the eyelet d. The section of the cord passing from the opening e is threaded through the eyelet a, and thenafter leaving the loop n is passed through the eyelets h, c', and d and tied or otherwise connected at its extremity with the extreme end of the other section of the cord, as indicated at f, the cord being thus made continuous and in no danger of slipping from the cover. The cord O being in the position illustrated in Fig. 3,the loops m n serve as ends by which the cord may be firmly pulled, and the cover thus tightly drawn over thc board, and thereafter the loops m n will be tied together, as shown in Fig. 1, and effectually secure the cover in position. By pulling on the loops m n the entire edges of the cover B are drawn toward each other and the cover is smoothly, uniformly, and firmly stretched over the ironing-surface of the board. If at any time the cover C should appear to be loose uponl the board, it will be a simple matter for the laundress to untie the loops m n, pull on them irm-ly to tighten the cover, and then again tie them together. The ease and expedition with which the cover may be applied to the IOO board and evenly stretched thereon are matters of prime importance. The cord C and overlapping portion D of the cover permit the application of the latter to boards varyingin length and Width Within reasonable limits, and hence the cover Without change is adaptcd for any of the usual sizes of boards customarily used.

I do not limit the invention to a cover of any special materiahnor to any special number or arrangement of eyes or eyelets to receive the cord; but

What I do claim as lny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The ironing-board cover having the pocket along its edges, combined with the cord passing along said pocket with its sections extending beyond each other and escaping from said pocket at opposite edges of the cover, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The ironing board cover having the pocket and eyes along its edges, combined with the cord passing along said pocket with its sections extending beyond each other and then laced through said eyes, substantially as and for ,the purposes set forth.

3. The ironing-board cover overlapping the edges of the board, combined with a drawcord extending along the edges of the cover and leaving free ends to be tied together across the board, substantially as set forth.

4. The ironing-board cover having the eyes at opposite sides, combined with the draw-cord applied to the edges of the cover and laced through said eyes, leaving loops to be tied across the board, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 30th day of April, A. D. 1892.

MARY S. EVERETT. lVitnesses:

THos. P. EVERETT, CHAs. C. GILL. 

